Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 8AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
4
2
2
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
0.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)6126999991010101010101010109999141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8911814450573492410421102815866692538517507424380296253190182155165163160
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
30
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:31AM
1.25
10:19PM
1.64
11:27AM
1.21
10:52PM
1.74
12:26PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
-0.00
4:06PM
0.29
5:06AM
-0.17
4:40PM
0.42
5:54AM
-0.29
5:16PM
0.55
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:30-----
Sunset-----7:42-------7:43-------7:44--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121211121516141212131215151413131312121415141313
Feels °C (?)107691110889979910111110991112121112
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